What's wrong with this lawyer?!

So legally speaking there were no issues, but it just felt somewhat inappropriate.

Looking at Song Dakang in front of him, he said, "Lawyer Tang, we just feel that that Wang surname is also at fault. He kept a mistress and led a life of luxury, while my daughter was the one raising the kids all by herself."

"Now that he's dead, they shouldn't have given my daughter such a heavy sentence!"

A ten-year prison sentence, even with parole and sentence reduction considered, she'd still have to serve at least half the time inside. Even the surname Sun wouldn't do any good.

The idea of earning a merit for a sentence reduction wasn't taken into consideration, things like inventing something in jail and then getting a sentence reduction for merit… It's best to just listen and not entertain such casual hopes.

Hearing that they weren't arguing for innocence, Old Tang was relieved.

"Asking for a lighter sentence is difficult, too. How about this, we sign a visitation agreement first, and I'll go see the client. Then we'll discuss what to do with this case. No problems, right?"

The facts stated in the judgement are the facts recognized by law, but that doesn't mean they are the facts. This must be understood clearly; legal facts and the kind of facts we understand are not the same concept.

Song Dakang nodded and said, "That's fine, Lawyer Tang, I'll leave it in your hands then."

At the very least, this Lawyer Tang didn't make any rash promises just to take on the case, providing some solace to them after experiencing Han Chengli's turn of face.

Having signed the contract, Old Tang immediately began preparing the paperwork and set out for the detention center to file the application.

Time flew to the next day, at Dafeng Law Firm, Old Han had just sat down when he heard some bad news.

"What? You're saying they went to Tang Fangjing for that case?" Old Han asked with a hint of surprise on his face as he looked at the staff member before him.

"Yes, and Tang Fangjing has already taken the case!" the staff member said.

Old Han stood up and paced back and forth in his office, muttering, "Tang Fangjing, oh Tang Fangjing, everyone says you're not after anything, so why take this case?"

"The chance of a sentence being changed on appeal is very low, especially for this case!"

He'd handled the case from start to finish; no one understood it better than he did!

The sentence had already been reduced to the minimum possible; there was no confession, no letter of forgiveness, only a truthful testimony and admission of guilt which warranted a penalty. Getting it to this point was already quite good.

After all, a life was lost; the sentence couldn't be too light. If it were too light, the victim's family wouldn't accept it, and the prosecutor's office would appeal.

Right then, Old Han was thinking of posting the case online, but as he was about to do so, he paused.

He gave it some thought. Tang Fangjing was now connected with the provincial propaganda department, and it was common knowledge where this department stood in the hierarchy.

For him to step out and sing out of tune was definitely not an option.

After some deliberation, Old Han said, "Sort out the details and send a private message to Professor Chen in Magic City, you know what I mean?"

The staff member in front of him quickly nodded, clearly understanding the intention.

Watching the staff member busy himself, Old Han shook his head and said with emotion, "Alas, there's nothing I can do. It's not like you can be the only one to reap the benefits while the rest of us law firms are left out in the cold."

In recent years, things had changed dramatically. Although Dafeng still held the title of one of Jingzhou and even Handong's largest law firms, Old Han knew all too well that the firm's case intake wasn't what it used to be.

Focusing on criminal cases was fine, but the firm needed other cases too. There were many lawyers at Dafeng, and they needed a large volume of cases to make a living.

Then Tengda rose unexpectedly, gaining fame and a frightening number of cases, leading many lawyers to defect over the past year.

He couldn't stop them; more cases meant more money, and naturally, lawyers were keen to go.

When it came down to interests, who cares about being dishonorable? He was a senior partner at Dafeng, and the income the lawyers contributed to the firm was essentially his income!

As for this case, if Tang Fangjing could turn it around, he, Old Han, would live stream himself eating Oreo cookies!

In Magic City, Professor Chen's mood hadn't been great lately. The name Tang Fangjing had almost become a nightmare for him, with the other party's actions feeling like a slap in the face in front of everyone.

For him, a legal expert and professor, saving face was very important.

Now, his name was almost mentioned in the same breath as that 'Idle Clouds and Wild Crane' online…

So much so that he lectured with a dark expression every day, frightening the graduate students he taught into timidity.

At the moment, he was in his office, looking at his phone and chatting with a friend.

The chat inevitably centered around Tang Fangjing, whose actions were unsettling to the old-timers.

Right then, Chen Jiaquan saw that he had a new private message.

He had a kind of OCD; when he saw a message notification, he had to click it. He didn't care much about the messages; he just wanted the red number to disappear.

But upon clicking, he was instantly stunned.

After looking at it for a few minutes, a smile spread across his face. He thought as much; Tang Fangjing had been so high-profile and so in the limelight that the local lawyers in Jingzhou definitely couldn't stand it!

There it was, a criminal case. The sentence was already at the minimum. It couldn't possibly get any lower, and yet the other party actually took the case and planned to encourage the client to appeal!

If it were any other lawyer, that would be normal; lawyers need to make money, and they earn their second fee from an appeal.

But Tang Fangjing was different, after all, he'd built up a persona of the "good lawyer."

With reduced fees and pro bono cases, he'd already claimed he didn't establish such an image?